GRE Word List
PERT
saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
The meaning of the word pert is saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
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| verge | brink |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| noisome | noxious |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |